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How Ghost Of Perdition became the defining Opeth anthem
Opeth might've ditched the concept record idea for Ghost Reveries, but Ghost Of Perdition still tells a story
Snowman romances and dancing with Oppenheimer: these are the 10 best Kate Bush deep cuts
A dive into the unparalleled British singer-songwriter's treasure trove of overshadowed tracks
The 10 greatest metal bands from Birmingham
10 brilliant metal bands that show Birmingham really is the home of metal
The final Black Sabbath interview: Ozzy, Tony, Geezer and Bill look back
Soon there will be no more comebacks, no more tours, and no more ‘final’ shows: Ozzy, Tony, Geezer and Bill look back at their incredible career
Meet Ally Venable, who's gone from being bullied at school to playing with Buddy Guy
Six albums into her career, Ally Venable has played with some of the greats, but she hasn't stopped lookig forward
The ‘popularity’ of an AI-generated rock band was inevitable – and it highlights a depressing fact about success in the music streaming age
A seemingly non-existent band have more than half a million Spotify ‘listeners’, but the numbers they’re piling up are just as shallow and meaningless as the computer-generated music they spit out
The 40 best Black Sabbath songs ever
From genre-defining early cuts to underrated gems, these are the Black Sabbath songs you need in your life
The meaning behind The Stranglers' controversial classic Peaches
Driven by a gritty bass riff, The Stranglers' Top 10 hit Peaches is nearly 50 years old, but it's still a must-play by today’s version of the band
The Beatles' albums you should listen to... and one to avoid
The Beatles have been gone for more than half a century, but their shadow still looms large over rock music and rock musicians - and these are their best albums
Tobias Forge on spirituality, isolation and the positive joys of fandom
Tobias Forge, aka Papa V Perpetua, talks dark matters and working towards a "newer, better, bigger" Ghost
How Andy Summers and Robert Fripp collaborated with remarkable ease in the 80s
When the Police and King Crimson men got together, the result was two well-received albums and a stack of forgotten material – finally released – that they can’t believe wasn’t used in the 80s
Everything you need to know about Back To The Beginning, Black Sabbath’s reunion and Ozzy Osbourne’s final concert
From who’s playing to how to stream it, we answer all your questions about this summer’s Back To The Beginning extravaganza
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
Featuring the Rolling Stones, His Lordship, Ashley McBryde and five other good old-fashioned lover boys and girls
How Metallica’s Black Album killed thrash metal
The band that helped create thrash pretty much killed it
Jimmy Page or Tony Iommi? A heated debate over who is the best guitarist
Two Classic Rock writers go toe-to-toe over the Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath guitar legends
The incredible story of King’s X, the greatest band the world doesn’t know about
Jesus, grunge and near death experiences – the story of cult Texan rockers King’s x has it all
Here’s the line-up of every major festival in 1995… it really isn’t too different to how they’ve shaped up 30 years later
Britpop was thriving, Pumpkins were Pumpkinsing, and Skunk Anansie tried to get on every bill going…
